Listed in Hong Kong and New York for less than three years, China Unicom is already recognized as a leading blue chip, with access to the fastest-growing telecommunications market in the world. The company is the second-largest mobile telecom services provide in China with just under 60 million subscribers, using Global Standards Mobile GSM as well as Code Division Multiple Access CDMA The company recently announced profits of Rmb 1.3 billion $157 million for the first quarter of this year. Zhang Baoying, deputy head of the finance department talks to FinanceAsia about the company's plan to issue a bond this year and the role of bank financing.
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